Definition of VITIATED

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debase, vitiate, deprave, corrupt, debauch, pervert mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character. debase implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity. commercialism has debased the holiday vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect. a foreign policy vitiated by partisanship deprave implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences. the claim that society is depraved by pornography corrupt implies loss of soundness, purity, or integrity. the belief that bureaucratese corrupts the language debauch implies a debasing through sensual indulgence. the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew pervert implies a twisting or distorting from what is natural or normal. perverted the original goals of the institute

Examples of vitiate in a Sentence

The impact of the film was vitiated by poor acting. believed that luxury vitiates even the most principled person

Recent Examples on the Web By forbidding all comparison, this more expansive meaning is vitiated. — Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, "Why Historical Analogy Matters," 7 Jan. 2020 If the legitimacy of his actions is deemed vitiated by a potentially corrupt intent to impede the investigation, then his communications facilitate a crime and are not privileged. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "Can Trump Assert Executive Privilege over His Conversations with Corey Lewandowski?," 17 Sep. 2019 Millennials have allied with Gen Z, and managed to vitiate the meme in the process by, basically, overdoing it. — Molly Roberts, The Denver Post, "Molly Roberts: OK, boomer. The kids are fighting back.," 7 Nov. 2019 This obduracy vitiates Congress’ role in the system of checks and balances, one purpose of which is to restrain rampant presidents. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: The best antidote for a bad election is a better election," 29 Sep. 2019 Instead, put money into positive programs — head start, mentoring, teacher training – something that doesn’t vitiate the education process. — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Focused students will suffer with SB 419," 17 Sep. 2019 But vitiating dual sovereignty by judicial fiat would reshape America’s legal system in ways that are best left to the political branches. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "A Supreme Court Gamble," 5 Dec. 2018 Because labor law only governs things like forming a union and organizing for better wages, anything out of that ambit, like going to court as a class, doesn’t vitiate the workers’ individual arbitration agreements. — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, "The Supreme Court Has Decided to Shut Workers Out of the Courthouse for Good," 21 May 2018 Pruitt, however, has issued rules that greatly vitiate TSCA’s ability to monitor and regulate the use of chemicals. — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, "How the EPA's Scott Pruitt Became the Most Dangerous Member of Trump’s Cabinet," 8 Feb. 2018

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